Sosnovo, Leningrad Oblast
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Coordinates: 60°33′N 30°13′E / 60.55°N 30.217°E
Sosnovo (Russian: Сосно́во; Finnish: Rautu) is a settlement in Priozersky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, on the Karelian Isthmus, and an important railway station of the Saint Petersburg-Kuznechnoye railroad. Population: 5,593 (2002 Census).
Before the Winter War (1939–1940) and the Continuation War (1941–1944), it was the administrative center of the Rautu municipality of Viipuri province of Finland.
Prize-winning Russian folklore ensemble Leznaya Skazka is located in Sosnovo.
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